New Addition

Everyone meet Perle. She should be joining our family sometime in Mid June. She is a Great Pyrenees and we are excited to have yet another girl in our house. Adeline, me, Perle, Guinness, 27 chickens and 2500 hops plants; all girls.

EASTER EGGS!

Today we took Adeline to her very first Easter Egg Hunt. It was a huge event. More than 17000 eggs spread over three fields all nicely divided by age so that our 0-3 didn't get trampled by someone else's 7-12.

The (much needed) rain held off until after all the eggs were collected and Adeline had a good time. It took her a few moments to realize what the idea was but then she took off like a shot bypassing less than stellar egg choices for the ones that obviously held superior candy. (I have no idea why she skipped some and went for others.) But she had a great time and so did Joel and I.





Holding Emilee's hand.




It's windy out here mommy!





When does this show get on the road?




This yellow one will do nicely.....

For all you disbelievers out there.

So our backyard may look like this today.

But next to the house we have these images!!!

We also have strange critters living in our trees.

I wanna be just like my mom!!!

We went outside today and played in the snow.  Adeline doesn't like putting all her snow gear on and she definitely resembles Ralphie's little brother "I can't put my arms down!"  However once you get her outside she has a lot of fun in the snow.  We got about 4" of fresh fluffy stuff to play in this morning.  And yeah... she really enjoys making snow angels.

Christmas is Coming!!!

It's very exciting for a little girl when Christmas is coming. A tree in the back getting lights was Dela's first clue that something was happening. But it was hard getting into the Christmas spirit with out any snow. Well that is no longer a problem. Here is that Christmas tree now.
It's the tree in the background not the foreground. We got lots of snow this week and the forecast has snow in it everyday until... well spring I think. As a result we had to get Adeline prepared. So we went out and bought her a snow suit, some boots, hat and mittens and of course a sled. She was a little hesitant at first.
But after a while we got the gist of it.


After a quick "Hi Tree!" in the morning:

It was time to decorate it after we got our pajamas on that night.

Dela now knows with out a shadow of a doubt that something is happening. It's all so very exciting...

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Fall is here and quickly acting like its leaving again. Sarah and I have been very busy with family visits and starting our new small business. We have had little time to rest and look forward to some quiet times soon. But first we have to build our little trellis. In the mean time here are some pictures to brighten everyone's day.

Hey Kelly, Lemme show you this stuff.

Reading books with Unckey Kevin

Grampa Bo's 60th birthday!!
(That's like my age times... 60)

These here apples, they're good for ya.

Here's dad being scared

Getting chilly out. It's good to cuddle with mom.

BYE BYE!!

Sarah and I like to call ourselves runners, however my last real run was cheered on by a cute wife with a pregnant belly. So, yeah, it's been a while. We found the incentive we need to start being runners again...yeah... you dress up and everything.

WE GOT A NAME!!!!!

After much deliberation we have finally come up with a name for our farm. Ready?...

Fresh Roots Organics.

We like this because we feel the our organic methods of farming is a relatively new and fresh look on how mainstream agriculture is done, however it is deep rooted in how food has been produced for centuries. We feel like our methods are very healthy methods, which the term "fresh" brings to mind. It's kinda fun because it's an oxymoron. Fresh = new, roots = old tradition.

On a personal level we like the name because we have a new homestead that Sarah and I feel we are putting roots down into hopefully for many many years to come. So there it is: Fresh Roots Organics. If you like you can just say FRO. Let's hope I can take the name legally as a business.

Life's a Beach

Well since Finn did a beach blog, we thought we'd respond in kind.

We Saw Ducks!!!!



The sun made me do funny faces



The waves tickled my feet


But the best part was splashing dad

PEE

Our little girl is growing up so fast! It seems like just yesterday we were oohing and ahhing over her sitting on her own and now we are applauding the sitting again.
As it turns out Adeline has some pretty tell tale signs that she is relieving herself. Pee and Stinky are also a part of her vocabulary (She also pointed to the moon today and said "moon" out of the blue.) So today while at Target I thought "Why not?" and got her her own potty chair to put next the "Mommy Potty". Twice during the day when she made her signs we said "Do you have to pee?" and she would go running toward the bathroom. Of course it was too late and we just changed diapers but tonight right before her bath she wanted to sit on her little chair and she used it! Happily proclaiming "Pee, Pee, Potty, Pee." She's not even 18 months yet. Then she wanted me to sit on the Mommy potty and keep her company.
I know it was all about timing and that in truth she pees in the bath every night. She probably won't do it again for six months. We just caught the right moment but she was very proud of herself and as doting parents Joel and I couldn't help but be proud too. Now she just needs to figure out how to take off her pants.

Adeline is into photos

So Dela found the camera and quickly learned that one certain button made the flash go off. This is the first picture taken completely by her. Oddly enough it was taken of her.

The rest of the pictures she took were not worth displaying, but her are some of her that are worth it.

She likes to get a close look at nature just like her ole man.

It's official. There are three loons now.

Picture time.

So here we go with some more pictures. There are some old and some new. We had a few compiled because our new connection does not upload pictures as fast as our old, so it takes a good time investment to post a blog. Today, I got some time


When we first moved up to T.C. we found a little park next to the bay. Adeline loved the swings.

Grandpa and Nana liked them too.

Here is the father's day present that Adeline got me this year. She usually has ulterior motives in her gifts.

Here is the photo of the kitchen we took when we were house hunting.


Here are some shots of the kitchen now that we've had our spin on it.


I put in a new sink in and new fixtures on it. Doing dishes has never been so satisfying.





Dela is getting big quick. She now can use the stool Grandma M. got her to brush her teeth at the sink.

Well we're gunna sneak out of here.
Love to all from the Looney Mulders